How To Install diffstat on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffstat on Rocky Linux 8. diffstat is A utility which provides statistics based on the output of diff

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffstat on Rocky Linux 8.

What is diffstat

The diff command compares files line by line. Diffstat reads the output of the diff command and displays a histogram of the insertions, deletions and modifications in each file. Diffstat is commonly used to provide a summary of the changes in large, complex patch files. Install diffstat if you need a program which provides a summary of the diff command’s output.

We can use yum or dnf to install diffstat on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install diffstat.

Install diffstat on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install diffstat using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install diffstat

Install diffstat on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install diffstat using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install diffstat

How To Uninstall diffstat on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the diffstat package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove diffstat

diffstat Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/bin/diffstat
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c
/usr/lib/.build-id/2c/dc7126a2d2679be303f49518146de4e056421e
/usr/share/doc/diffstat
/usr/share/doc/diffstat/CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/diffstat/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/diffstat/README
/usr/share/man/man1/diffstat.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install diffstat on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.